FAAR News and Press, First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF From 04/01/24

2024-04-01 08:00:00 ET Summary Energy stocks were the leaders as oil prices rose strongly in the quarter, lower crude oil demand being another consensus opinion taken out behind the woodshed during the first three months of the year. Digging down to the industry level, homebuilder...

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2024-03-27 06:45:00 ET Summary The major stock market indices in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are pricing in a significant rebound in growth throughout 2024. However, the areas of the market which are most forward-looking (think tech, Mag 7, etc.) are looking increasingly priced to ...

2024-03-25 11:20:00 ET Summary As the calendar turned to January, however, market participants appeared to start taking their cues not so much from changing inflation and central bank policy expectations, but from updated and improving data on economic growth. Equities rallied eve...

2024-03-18 11:15:00 ET Summary Over the last two years, the evolution of the US economy has been driven by a return to “normal”. The change in cash levels at the household level were large and have proved more persistent than most expected. At the end of last yea...

2024-03-14 08:15:00 ET Summary Investing in commodities could offer a way to capitalize on China’s potential recovery while providing a hedge against inflation. The world’s second-largest economy faced significant challenges in 2023 as it grappled with a struggling p...

2024-03-13 10:50:00 ET Summary The combination of the ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index and the yield curve has been warning of imminent recession since September 2023. The March 2024 new high for the SPX suggests that a recession will not start any sooner than May 2024. By o...

2024-02-24 11:45:00 ET Summary Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC provides financial planning and investment advisory services. The Company offers natural market capitalization resources mutual fund investments for growth in business as well as provides consulting services. ...

2024-02-20 06:28:00 ET Summary China’s economy has struggled amid soaring debt levels and an overreliance on their residential real estate sector. Nearly all commodity prices track economic developments in China, usually with a lag of about one year. Even if China succe...

2024-01-24 11:29:00 ET Summary Many investors remain overweight cash, but markets have begun to price for a substantial decline in short-term interest rates. The Asset Allocation Committee (“the AAC”) therefore thinks it is time to deploy liquidity, locking in bond y...